How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Picture: Universal Pictures
One of Jim Carrey’s defining roles as The Grinch can be found on Netflix, but once again in 2021, only a select few Netflix regions. Here’s where The Grinch Stole Christmas is on Netflix for 2021, why it’s only available in some regions and where it’s streaming on other platforms.
For those who’ve never been initiated with How The Grinch Stole Christmas, let’s give you a bit of the backstory. Based on the famous character in the famous Dr. Suess story, the 2000 movie saw Jim Carrey play the green figure who despises Christmas (and truthfully happiness). The character also got an Illumination movie back in 2018. We’ll also cover whether that movie
There are many movies families flock to each Christmas with this adaptation being a particular favorite. It ranks sixth in Rotten Tomatoes best Christmas movies of all-time list. According to lists seen by What’s on Netflix, it ranks as America’s second favorite Christmas movie.
Is How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Netflix US?
While Netflix in the US enjoyed How The Grinch Stole Christmas for every Christmas from 2017 through 2020, it was removed in January 2021 and hasn’t been added back since.
Its long tenure on Netflix was odd given Netflix tends to only get movies from other distributors one 1 to 3-month stints. The movie, in case you didn’t know, is distributed by Universal Pictures.
With Christmas movies, they tend to only get them in the summer months when the license is less valuable. That’s why this is somewhat surprising Netflix has managed to keep hold of it for so long.
Eventually, we do expect it to leave and become potentially a permanent fixture of Peacock (which is owned by Universal parent Comcast) but that’s yet to come to pass. It’s not available on any streaming destination (at least on SVOD) in 2021.
Is How The Grinch Stole Christmas on other Netflix regions?
According to Unogs, the Christmas classic is more widely available on Netflix than ever before in 2021. Over 31 countries are streaming the movie in total in 2021. That’s up from the 26 countries that streamed the movie for Christmas 2020.
Countries currently streaming the movie include:
- Most Latin American countries
- The majority of Europe (excluding the United Kingdom)
- India
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Russia
- Israel
- Australia
Now to run through a few notable regional exceptions.
Netflix Australia is streaming the movie as listed above but it’s also widely available elsewhere with it streaming on Prime Video and Stan.
Netflix UK isn’t streaming the movie again for 2021 instead the movie is still with Sky Cinema and NowTV.
In Canada, How the Grinch Stole Christmas can be found on Netflix for 2021. Last year, it resided on Amazon Prime.
Are you going to be watching How The Grinch Stole Christmas this year on Netflix or are you having to look elsewhere? Let us know in the comments below.
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If you haven’t yet had the chance to watch Dr. Seuss‘ 2018 animated film The Grinch on Netflix this year, you may have lost your shot. The streaming giant just removed the title on December 4th, right before the holidays and subscribers are outraged, to say the least.
The movie was a regular on the platform’s Top 10 titles in the U.S. list for some time now, however the streaming deal with Illumination and Universal Pictures has expired. You can still stream Jim Carrey‘s live-action Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas — if that does it for you — on the streamer for the time being.
The Grinch is narrated by Pharrell Williams and boasts a voice cast including Benedict Cumberbatch (as The Grinch), Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Cameron Seely & Angela Lansbury. It was directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney with screenplay by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow.
The popular Christmas tale follows The Grinch and his loyal dog, Max, who live high up on a mountain by themselves in a cave on Mount Crumpet. Because he was an orphan and never got to celebrate Christmas, he despises the holiday and his cheery Whoville neighbors when they go above and beyond to celebrate it. In the film, the Whos decide to make their Christmas the biggest and brightest yet and the curmudgeonly Grinch plots a scheme to pose as Santa Claus to steal Christmas, with his dog’s help, and silence the Whos’ holiday cheer once and for all.
IS THE GRINCH ON NETFLIX?
It was, however, the platform unfortunately removed the title on December 4th.
HOW TO WATCH THE GRINCH ONLINE:
You can buy or rent The Grinch on YouTube, Amazon Prime, Vudu, Google Play, FandangoNow, or wherever you prefer to purchase digital content. The Grinch costs $3.99 to rent, and you will have a 48-hour viewing window after you hit play. You may also buy the digital copy for $9.99 if you’d rather play it safe for future years to come.
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